THE British Under-21 Final will be staged at Berwick next month, the BSPA have confirmed.

The meeting had been provisionally earmarked for National League track Birmingham but will now go ahead at Shielfield Park on Tuesday, May 1 (7 pm) instead.BSPA management committee representative Damien Bates said: “With the new fixed race-nights of Monday and Wednesday at the top level, it also means Championship clubs are restricted over when they can stage meetings. “Tuesday is the only night of the week which is unaffected and therefore this gives us the opportunity for a full field without affecting other meetings around the country.“We’re very pleased to be taking the event to Berwick, with their forward-thinking promotion and the hard work that goes on behind the scenes at Shielfield Park.“We are also pleased to announce that the BSPA are planning to live-stream the event, and further details of this option will be made available in due course.“The BSPA see this as an exciting opportunity to offer on a trial basis, and we very much look forward to the meeting.”Birmingham co-promoter David Mason (pictured) commented: “During the winter, we were asked if we’d like to have the British Under-21 Final at Perry Barr. We jumped at the chance because it would have been a big feather in our cap in our first season as Birmingham’s promoters.“They then told us it had to be run on a night where there are no other fixture clashes.“So we looked into a couple of Tuesday dates and were waiting for a few things to come back regarding our race-night planning permission.“We identified a couple of Thursdays that would have been a lot easier – but because it could have potentially ruled one or two riders out of their Championship meetings, we were told that was a no-go.“It is very disappointing because we are confident we’d have got a good crowd in with the likes of Robert Lambert and Dan Bewley on display, but it looks like their minds have been made up unfortunately.”